sjogrens syndrome
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Welcome to the boards, Cricket . . . while I do not know anyone personally that has this, I do have access to home medical encyclopedias and will share with you what it says about it.
90% of sufferers are women, most often middle aged or post-menopausal. There is no known specific cause but the symptoms are experienced because of the immune system attacking the glands that produce secretions.
Symptoms are itching and burning of the eyes which is caused by dryness. Dryness can also be felt in the mouth and vagina.
The only treatments shown in the text for it relate to keeping the areas affected moisturized such as eye drops for the eyes.
Hopefully this helps.
Lindaru
90% of sufferers are women, most often middle aged or post-menopausal. There is no known specific cause but the symptoms are experienced because of the immune system attacking the glands that produce secretions.
Symptoms are itching and burning of the eyes which is caused by dryness. Dryness can also be felt in the mouth and vagina.
The only treatments shown in the text for it relate to keeping the areas affected moisturized such as eye drops for the eyes.
Hopefully this helps.
Lindaru
lilrockchic2001
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Hi Cricket, sjogrens is a real disease, I've had it for several years plus other immune diseases, ra, lupus, raynauds, oa. I take evoxac, restasis for my dry eyes, I have very dry skin but I use Aveno bath wash and moituring lotion which has helped me a lot, try to stay away from lotions that have perfumes in them it only makes dry skin worse, sometimes when my skin gets really bad especially in the winter I soak in a tub of oatmeal and that really helps.
Drinking lots of water helps with the dry mouth, keeping up with your dental visits is a very good idea. Sjogrens for some of us can remain mild through life but it is a very annoying disorder. I am constantly drinking because I'm always so dry in my mouth and when I eat dry foods I have to drink something to get it down. Now for me I've lost my sense of smell and taste and this is a very rare happening for sjogrens patients it doesn't happen often.
Go to your local bookstore there are alot of books on the market to read about Sjogrens and are very helpful.
Karenica
Drinking lots of water helps with the dry mouth, keeping up with your dental visits is a very good idea. Sjogrens for some of us can remain mild through life but it is a very annoying disorder. I am constantly drinking because I'm always so dry in my mouth and when I eat dry foods I have to drink something to get it down. Now for me I've lost my sense of smell and taste and this is a very rare happening for sjogrens patients it doesn't happen often.
Go to your local bookstore there are alot of books on the market to read about Sjogrens and are very helpful.
Karenica